The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-23
ANOTHER HOTEL FIRE.
ouerAo HAS A REGULAR PANIC
FROM FEAR OF FIRES.
,osrchist. Thought 20 be the Cause of
che Frequent Conhagrstions-More Vic
,,r,s of the Richmond flre- Dangerous
work Moving the Debris.


prry,Io. March 81 --Morrison's East Buff
s.Io bote. was burned down last night. The
~. Vas discovered about 1920 O'clock and
.,,u the honse was a mass Of flames OF the
sas,t, 90 IN, house, many had already gone
+, b,i AMI we're compelled to Ay in their
.t,5t clothes There were twenty five PEG
,.. within tie walls when the fire broke ont,
...I aI. c.capcl. although not before several
.ffl.m were severely burned.
There WAS considerable excitement all over
ff. town when the blaze was seen and the
n,., were known. Many persons talked of
Anna. h.,m and incondiarism. and threatened
,.re.,.u,saueuccs Il it should be found that
...ne u.,crcaut had set fire 90 the place.
plbI. Indignation, already high over the
lgr.u. ol the X edmond hotel is ready to
Isl. INTO fierce, uurcusoning passion at the
ehiesi opportunity.
The place burned was a two-story frame
lellme. ana 1t was entirely consumed.
A curious crowd eyed the workmen who
EXPLORED the ruins Of the Richmond hotel
YESTERDAY. The great wall on Eagle street
bu.gel 40 least SIX inches during The day, and
tte men were ready go run at a moments
D.
at intervals. tut 80 one was injured. One
huge DID ls- of tottcring trembling brick was
acau~tqut menace 20 The men. IF / should
blow at ,hat Do would fall" said Foreman
Derrick My mems lives are too valuable
ro be- rislel here, where 50 many human be-
nrs have persisted already. All these walls
must come down before we can do our work"
The ruins were carefully removed and
picked over, but without finding any bodies,
until lust rs the men were about TO stop
work last night three bodies were taken out
They have uot vet been identified.
The vault was uncovered and portion of
10, yaluabies taken out To-day the walls
viii be- laz.d Three million brick and over
300 loads of rubbish is an estimate Of what
wu have Oh b, cleared away before the bod
les can be got aJ Ii Will take two weeks
Little Jennie Maun died last svening. She
!. the tenth known victim. All day long she
Law between lite and death at her grand
fathers house n adioinng rooms were her
father and mother. 10th suffering. Jennie
p-as uucousclou- most of the tire and did not
teel any pain. Her feet were terribly burned
and two of her toes hung by threads.
The little child dld not know her feet were
burned. but thought they were cut by
broken glass. Her pulse reached 10 at
O'Clock The doctor aroused her from her
stupor and she asked for her mother. Her
parent, would not allow her wounds 10 be
dressed Mr. Mann asked DR.. Hayd if there
wa, any hope There is always hope while
there is life. " he said, but IN this case there's
is very little life The child moaned and
AZ ind
given her and she sank back asleep She
was sung 10 sleep by her grandfather for The
last time. She passed away unconscious at
G:Sj O'Clock Her mother has not been told
Of the death Il - feared that the shock
will XIII her even should she survive her own
injuries
a friend who saw poor Max Dahlman
Saturday morning found him in excellent
spirits "He was very lucky TO have Is
caped 50 easily" he said. At O'Clock he
died. DR. Smith says that other persons
will die from the same cause. Dahlman in
hailed flames and assesses formed In his
bowels
Edward Whalen. Of New York, lies at the
Genealogical with his back nearly broken
and four RIBS crushed At the Emergency
NDrIlldl, where ne was iuIlil -olA lNuiNi AIS
broaeu ribs were not discovered. His hands
are burned to the bone and the back OF his
neck is terribly raw. Dr. Hayd says Jhat
his recovery is very doubtful No reaction
has set in since MS body was first picked up,
chilled and manged He jumped four sto-
res 10 the pavement
Mary Nolan, at the Sisters hospital, can
not live. She inhaled the flames and her
lungs are injured
Maggie Muirich is in critical cond ton.
Mary Cornell, who fell four stories by the
breaking of a rope Oh which four OF her
friends ESCAPED, is s,ill alive.
The known dead number ten, and nine are
missing who are all believed 10 30 in the ruins
The Rev Dr. Brown, rector of ST. Pauis,
feels very sad about the elderly couple who
attended his Lenten service on Thursday
evening. They undoubtedly persisted. Most
Of the pastors touch on the fire in theI
sermons. The Rev Dr. Fuller, OF ST. Johns,
said that it showed evidences Of mans greco
for gold tina overhead wires prevented the
rescue Of impri oned inmates. and that a
gu4cI under box should have been opened
90 receive guests.